Injured Hornets forward Julian Wright practiced fully on Monday and said he's encouraged about the status of his sprained right ankle and will likely be able to play in Wednesday night's season opener at Golden State.

Wright was running wind sprints following Monday's workout and appeared to be moving well and basically without pain.

"I'm just trying to get my lungs back in the shape they were in after training camp," Wright said. "The one thing right now is trying to come in smoothly and get back into the swing of things and playing out there with the guys.

"The ankle feels good; it's just a little tender on a couple of my cuts right now. It's going to be sore, but I'm just going to play through it. No one plays at 100 percent. That's expected. I've just got to focus on keeping it loose. And I'm not used to wearing tape. So I've got to warm up well. I should be pretty good with that."

Wright, who severely sprained his right ankle on Oct. 14 in the Hornets' exhibition win in Berlin against Washington, aggravated the injury during Sunday's practice at the Alario Center.

"I turned on it a little weird," Wright said. "It's the inside part of the ankle that's bothering me a little bit on the bone, so it's going to be sore a little bit. Nothing major."